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NYC85LA004

1984-10-07 · BATAVIA, New York, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 3G8

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PLT STATED EN ROUTE TIME WAS LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED. ON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION, DEEP DUSK CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH HAZE, RESTRICTED GROUND REFERENCE CUES. IN ADDITION, PLT STATED HE MISREAD THE ALTIMETER. ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY. PLT HAD 0.5 HOURS NIGHT FLYING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_NYC85LA004.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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